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Air power --- Limited war. --- Political aspects

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USA--MILITARY POLICY --- LIMITED WAR --- INTERVENTION (INTERNATIONAL LAW)

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How can you achieve victory in war if you don't have a clear idea of your political objectives and a vision of what victory means ? In this provocative challenge to US policy and strategy, the author argues that America endures endless wars because its leaders no longer know how to think about war, particularly limited wars. He reveals how ideas on limited war and war in general evolved against the backdrop of American conflicts in Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq. These ideas, he shows, were flawed and have undermined America's ability to understand, wage, and win its wars, and to secure peace afterwards. America's leaders have too often taken the nation to war without understanding what they want or valuing victory, leading to the 'forever wars' of today. The book dismantles seventy years of misguided thinking and lays the foundations for a new approach to the wars of tomorrow.

USA--STRATEGIC ASPECTS --- USA--MILITARY POLICY --- LIMITED WAR

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When confronted with a persistent foreign policy problem that threatens U.S. interests, and that cannot be adequately addressed through economic or political pressure, American policymakers and opinion formers have increasingly resorted to recommending the use of limited military force: that is, enough force to attempt to resolve the problem while minimizing U.S. military deaths, local civilian casualties, and collateral damage. These recommendations have ranged from the bizarre—such as a Predator missile strike to kill Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, or the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez—to the unwise—the preemptive bombing of North Korean ballistic missile sites—to the demonstrably practical—air raids into Bosnia and Somalia, and drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan. However, even though they have been a regular feature of America's uses of military force through four successive administrations, the efficacy of these "Discrete Military Operations" (DMOs) remains largely unanalyzed, leaving unanswered the important question of whether or not they have succeeded in achieving their intended military and political objectives. In response, Micah Zenko examines the thirty-six DMOs undertaken by the US over the past 20 years, in order to discern why they were used, if they achieved their objectives, and what determined their success or failure. In the process, he both evaluates U.S. policy choices and recommends ways in which limited military force can be better used in the future. The insights and recommendations made by Zenko will be increasingly relevant to making decisions and predictions about the development of American grand strategy and future military policy.

Diplomacy. --- Limited war. --- United States --- Military policy. --- Foreign relations

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Beperkte oorlog --- Guerre limitée --- Limited war --- Limited war. --- United States --- Military policy --- Foreign relations --- 1945-1989 --- 1989-1993 --- United States - Foreign relations - 1945-1989. --- United States - Foreign relations - 1989 --- -United States --- -Limited war. --- United States - Foreign relations - 1989-